Average Speed Worksheet

1. What is the average speed of a car that travels 600 km in 10 hours?

2. What is the average speed of an ant that crawls 1m in 45 seconds?

3. What is the average speed of a bird that flies 1 km in 30 minutes? Express your answer in
km/hr

4. What is the average speed of an Olympic sprinter that runs 100 m in 9.88 s?

5. What is the average speed of a helicopter that flies 50 km in 20 minutes and then 30 km in
10 minutes?

6. Convert your answer to question #5 to km/hr.

7. What is the average speed of a lizard that runs 100m in 40 s and then runs an additional
50m in 20 seconds?
8. How far can a cheetah run if it runs at a speed of 20m/s for 15s?

9. A car travels for 6 hours at an average speed of 70 km/hr. How far did the car travel?

10. What is the average speed of a bike rider who rides for 3 hours at 40km/hr and then 2 more
hours at 50km/hr?

11. How much time does it take for a horse to run 1.5 miles at an average speed of 15 mi/hr?

12. How long does it take a marathon runner to complete the 26mile race at an average speed
of 12 mi/hr?

13. What is the average speed of a train that travels at 100km/hr for 6 hours and then
120km/hr for 5 hours